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Welcome to the forum on the DREAM Project

• lucie.roobrouck_at_ichec.be
• elisabeth.decoster_at_ichec.be
• www.dream-it.be
• tel. [phone]

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DREAM Project

• Objectives
• History
• Method
• Results
• DREAM Survey

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Objectives

• Stimulate entrepreneurship and enthusiasm in
  young people (16-19 y.)
• Accompany them in their professional choices -gt
  passion, dream
• Narrow the gap between school and professional
  world

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2. History

• Context young people who lack motivation and
  entrepreneurship, make wrong choices lt-gt
  passionate entrepreneurs
• ICHEC-PME management school Brussels (school
  professional world)
• 1st edition of DREAM in 1997, 6th edition today

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3. Method

• Encounters between pupils 16-19 y. and
  enthusiastic entrepreneurs / witnesses at the
  work place
• DREAM Day national event in March
• Teacher prepares the visit at school with
  pedagogical material in 3 phases

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• Pedagogical material in each phase
• Preparation
• Video introduction
• Questionnaire 1 get to know yourself
• Witness Syllabus choose a witness
• Questionnaire 2 prepare questions
• DREAM Day
• Visit of the firm/organisation
• Meeting with the witness
• Debriefing
• Questionnaire 3 what did you learn?

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4. Results

• 27.000 participating pupils in 5 years 9.300
  pupils in 2003
• 95 of teachers and 92 of pupils are very
  satisfied
• Professional pedagogical material
• DREAM is considered as the main national action
  for professional orientation by UWE (Wallonian
  Union of Enterprises)

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5. National survey

• DREAM executed a national survey in 2002 with
  1.011 pupils from 5th, 6th and 7th years of
  secundary school
•  Young people and their professional future
  between dream and realism 

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• Conclusions of the survey
• Pupils want concrete actions meetings with
  professionals in the firm, outside school
• main values autonomy, contacts, responsibility
• 53 want to be an entrepreneur or a manager
• Propositions to entrepreneurs/managers
• Talk about your profession to youngsters
• Make contacts possible in your firm
• Stimulate permanent education
• Be a coach rather than a leader